§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2002,Official Report, column 213W, on driving lessons (teenagers), if she will list the 21 schemes by location and the (a) numbers and (b) proportion of teenagers who will benefit. [69335]
§ Alun MichaelThe 21 locations in which Wheels to Work schemes are currently operating are:
- Cambridgeshire Suffolk
- Norfolk
- Hampshire (New Forest)
- Isle of Wight
- Kent (Aylesham area)
- Devon (Torridge) Devon (West Devon)
- Dorset
- Gloucestershire Somerset
- Wiltshire
- Nottinghamshire Herefordshire
- Shropshire (Bridgnorth, N. Shropshire)
- Telford and Wrekin
- Warwickshire Worcestershire
- South Lancashire (Runshaw College)
- Hambleton and Richmondshire
- Selby.
Of the 21 schemes, six offer subsidised driving lessons: the Isle of Wight, Devon (West Devon), Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire.
Information on the numbers of teenagers benefiting from the schemes is not held centrally. The good practice guide on Wheels to Work schemes, due to be published later this month, will includes some information on beneficiaries and target groups together with case studies and costings for a number of Wheels to Work schemes.